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Kelsey Evans Blog - BRING ON MARCH MADNESS!!!!!

Written by Elon Phoenix on 3:00 PM


Hello basketball fans!

I know you all are just as excited as I am that it is finally the best time of year: March! We have been dutifully preparing for our conference tournament this weekend in Chattanooga that I'll talk about a little later. I have quite a few off court stories today, some which might get me in trouble for sharing with you! (make sure you watch the video of Coach Christian on the drum set). 

We will start with last weekend and our trip to Charleston, S.C. to play College of Charleston. Well if you've read my previous blog you may remember our bus driver, Tom, who I like to call Mr. Tom Tom (like the navigation system.. I know, I'm SO clever). Well Mr. Tom Tom is not your ordinary bus driver; he goes above and beyond his bus driving duties. I'm not going to name anybody, but we have a few people on the team that have a slight dependency on Starbucks, and when I say slight I'm completely underestimating it. Let's just say, Mr. Tom Tom came to the rescue one night, and like I said before he goes above and beyond his duties, by pulling our charter bus into a front row parking spot. 


Coach Barefoot may run this team, but she would have to run over all 17 of us before we let her get in the driver's seat of that charter bus... She's was a little excited about getting to our game! 


Once we finally made it to Charleston we rested up for our afternoon game on Saturday. Saturday, which was also Candice's birthday, was a successful day for us as a team, but not so much for poor Candice. Unfortunately, Candice had to leave the game due to a concussion... and on her birthday! The poor girl, we always joke that she is reckless but going and getting a concussion on your birthday is taking reckless to a whole new level! She's feeling much better and should make a full recovery hopefully soon! 

Ever feeling stressed? Ask Coach Christian what she likes to do to relieve stress! BUT don't ask Coach Barefoot because it will result in some sort of "dancing" and they are both going to KILL me for posting this video, but it was too good not to share with the world.

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Well it's obvious that we do enjoy having a good time, but we also know when its time to buckle down and that time is right aboutttttt..... now! We leave for the tournament today and play Saturday morning against Furman. We've been preparing all week for what will be a tough weekend of basketball. Everyone brings their best game to the tournament and it's time for everyone to step their game up. This is the best time of year, and thanks to a pep talk from Mr. Richard Brenner, we know that entering this post season we control our own destiny. We also understand that it could be gone in any moment, and we can't take a single play or game, or second for granted. This is truly my favorite week of the year preparing for the tournament and then playing in the tournament. It doesn't get any better than this. The emotion and passion for the game is at its highest and that's what I love the most. I can't wait for what this weekend will bring and I hope everyone keeps up with us as we take on one game at a time. 

"Wherever you go, go with all of your heart" 

See you in Chattanooga!!! 
Kelsey 

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